It's the best time to test that one still has a sense of humour actually.
As for exercises, they ran them several times in London in the past year.
Particularly after Madrid, to ease public fears and show that they were doing something proactive.
Also to show off for the olympic bid.
Yes, they simulated gas, chemical and explosive attacks throughout the capital on certain Sundays, but also in particular on the Underground due to it's obvious target status which was reinforced the other day.
I'm happy to say that we were better off for it. The security and emergency services were amazing.
Although we did bitch about station closures at the time...
Us Brits are never happy.
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